Staff Platform Engineer
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Before you apply
LocationCairo, Egypt
Typefull-time
SeniorityLead
Experience4+ yrs
DepartmentPlatform Engineering
Company size201–500 people
PostedOct 6, 2026 · 1mo ago
Verified live23h ago
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Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
4+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or related disciplines
Strong experience with Linux/Windows administration, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, scripting, Infrastructure as Code, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK
Experience with monitoring and observability platforms, networking, production support, and service reliability practices
Strong knowledge of incident management, troubleshooting, security best practices, backup, disaster recovery, and performance optimization
Excellent problem-solving, planning, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to lead technical initiatives
Exposure to IBM Cloud Pak Stacks, Confluent, and Elasticsearch is highly desirable
Skills
Kubernetes
OpenShift
Docker
CI/CD
Prometheus
Grafana
ELK
IBM Cloud Pak Stacks
Confluent
Elasticsearch
Linux
Windows
About the role
Our Staff Platform Engineer Designs, implement, maintain, and continuously improves the organization’s platforms and infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, security, scalability, and operational efficiency
Responsibilities
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Design, implement, and optimize secure, scalable platform infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
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Manage Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms and containerized workloads while ensuring high availability, performance, and operational resilience.
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Deploy, administer, and optimize IBM Cloud Pak Stacks, Confluent, Elasticsearch, and related platform technologies.
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Ensure effective monitoring, incident response, logging, alerting, and observability solutions to proactively identify and resolve platform issues.
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Strengthening platform security through access management, vulnerability remediation, compliance, backup, and disaster recovery practices.
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive DevOps adoption, automation initiatives, and continuous platform improvements.
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Maintain technical standards, operational documentation, deployment guides, and support audits and operational reviews
Requirements
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Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
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4+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or related disciplines.
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Strong experience with Linux/Windows administration, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, scripting, Infrastructure as Code, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
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Experience with monitoring and observability platforms, networking, production support, and service reliability practices.
•
Exposure to IBM Cloud Pak Stacks, Confluent, and Elasticsearch is highly desirable.
•
Strong knowledge of incident management, troubleshooting, security best practices, backup, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
•
Excellent problem-solving, planning, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to lead technical initiatives.